Storyline
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo employs heavy-handed guerilla tactics to shake the cops off his tail.
Directors
Cast
Alf Humphreys, Bill McKinney, Brian Dennehy, Bruce Greenwood, Sylvester Stallone, Charles A. Tamburro, Stephen E. Miller, Donald Adams, Chris Mulkey, Richard Crenna, Michael Talbott, Stephen Dimopoulos, John McLiam, David Caruso, Jack Starrett, David L. Crowley, Don MacKay, David Petersen, Craig Huston, Patrick Stack, Raimund Stamm, Robert Metcalfe, Gary Hetherington
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Reviews
80
There's the fact that First Blood is a first-rate, taught action thriller.
80
IGN
First Blood is not the Rambo movie we initially think of when the character is mentioned. No, it’s much better than that.
75
Until the last twenty or thirty minutes, however, First Blood is a very good movie, well-paced, and well-acted not only by Stallone (who invests an unlikely character with great authority) but also by Crenna and Brian Dennehy, as the police chief.
75
Boasting some of the best use of rugged landscape since the westerns of Anthony Mann, First Blood is an effective, if outlandish, picture that exists merely for its big-screen thrills.
75
The darker tone, somber subtext, and generally non-exploitative violence allow viewers to enjoy the film not only as an action/thriller but as something with a degree of intelligence and substance.
